Weather Records on 22 August 2001

940 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 2001. Highest significance: Seaside, US.

Key Facts for 22 August 2001

On 22 August 2001, 940 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
468 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 900 daily.
Seaside set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 22 August 2001.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

940 stations

940 station records on 22 August 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Seaside	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Naselle 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wauna 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nehalem 9 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nis	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coyame (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	225.6 mm (8.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nagoya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt Roads	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tillamook	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Volkovysk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Juan Rodriguez Clara	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatotolapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Niles	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Otis 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton Showgrounds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beira	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hoquiam Bowerman AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grayland	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
N Willamette Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brjansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

940 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 286, Lowest daily minimum 103, Heaviest daily rainfall 293.

Records on 22 August 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	286
Lowest daily minimum	103
Heaviest daily rainfall	293
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 2001 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 37, daily 900.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

644 broken records

Margins by which the 644 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 2001

Top 20 records on 22 August 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 2001	Seaside, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	74 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2001	Bremerton, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2001	Naselle 2 ENE, US	monthly rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2001	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2001	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2001	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2001	Newport, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2001	Seattle Tacoma AP, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2001	Wauna 3 W, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2001	Olympia AP, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2001	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2001	Nehalem 9 NE, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2001	Clearbrook, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2001	Guanacevi (Smn), MX	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2001	Aberdeen 20NNE, US	monthly rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2001	Shoreham, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2001	Virginia, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2001	Nis, RS	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2001	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2001	Madalya, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1802 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2001. 2001 had 940 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

Download the Data

Data for records on 2001-08-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	604
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1